"𝐘𝐨𝐮’𝐫𝐞 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐞, 𝐰𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐠𝐢𝐫𝐥.” 𝐇𝐞 𝐤𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐦𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐟𝐭𝐥𝐲, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈’𝐦 𝐭𝐨𝐨 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐞. "𝐘𝐨𝐮’𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬. 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐈 𝐜𝐚𝐧’𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐢𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐳𝐞 𝐢𝐭.”

A.J. Merlin just keeps blowing me away. Every single book by her is my new favorite.

Blair Love, a college student with no job, becomes a cam girl on a whim. But when her two worlds collide, Blair get sucked into a world she is unprepared for. Looking for an elective, Blair ends up taking photography, along with classmate Oliver Greer and her professor Rook Solomon.

I'm not gonna reveal much, but I am obsessed. Blair's relationship with Oliver and Rook is everything and I love them.

I think honestly that Rook is my favorite, out of the trio. He's sweet when he wants and stern when he needs to. Just everything about him.

And the fact that they're taking photography? Ugh I've never done a 5 star faster in my life. I ended up doing a deep dive and read Pretty Little Tease in like 6 hrs (probably less if i didn't have work).

I love that PLT didn't end on a cliffhanger, but left us wanting needing more. I can't wait for Merlin's next installment in this duet.

Heed all the content warnings as this does get dark.

"Are you stalking me?" "Of course I am." "That isn't as confusing as I think you meant to be."

tropes // college romance, dark romance, serial killers, stalker, student/teacher, MM, MMF

tw // graphic sexual content, murder, death, serial killers, kink, sex work, coercion